Monday, 19 April 2010

So, as everyone knows, Scotland is widely known for its ‘Highlands and Islands’. Here are some pictures we (ahem – when I say ‘we’ I mean Steve) took last weekend up Glen Esk.

Glen Esk is a very special place to us. We used to go walking up it nearly every weekend. We (again, I mean Steve) have thousands of photographs taken up this Glen and it is also where Steve proposed to me, on a cold evening at 9pm!

We also got married in the hotel at the foot of the Glen and are planning to go for another walk up there sometime soon.

Thursday, 15 April 2010

* Because you shouldn't have to look at your blog like it is a treadmill.

* Because it's okay to just say what you have to say. If that makes for a long post, fine. Short post, fine. Frequent post, fine. Infrequent post, fine.

* Because it's okay to not always be enthralled with the sound of your own typing.

* Because sometimes less is more.

* Because only blogging when you feel truly inspired keeps up the integrity of your blog.

* Because they are probably not going to inscribe your stat, link and comment numbers on your tombstone.

* Because for most of us blogging is just a hobby. A way to express yourself and connect with others. You should not have to apologise for lapses in posts. Just take a step back and enjoy life, not everything you do has to be "bloggable".

* Because if you blog without obligation you will naturally keep your blog around longer, because it won't be a chore. Plus, just think you will be doing your part to eradicate post pollution. One post at a time. . .

Monday, 12 April 2010

We currently rent our home. It’s a nice little maisonette with a balcony in a conservation area in a small Scottish town. It is steeped in history and we often wake up to photographers taking pictures of it or groups of people taking a tour of the little cobbled streets.

The problem is that it is also up for sale. We don’t want to buy it as there are no parking spaces for our two cars, no grass or garden where we can grow our own vegetables (we currently grow them on the balcony or indoors) and there is no room to expand in the future.

Above is a picture of a house I dream of. We have been to see a few little cottages in the countryside but none of them have been big enough, we ideally want 2-3 bedrooms, a utility room and a large garden.

A girl can dream can’t she?

What I want and what Steve wants is completely different. He wants access to shops and restaurants, not too far from work and not out in the sticks. While I want a huge garden, some chickens, a puppy, perhaps another rabbit so Henrick has a buddy, a craft room that I don’t have to share with his computer and photography equipment and enough space for one day when we decide to have children.

About Me

This blog is one of the things that is here to remind me of happy times and to be grateful for having beautiful things and people around me.
Throw in some fresh air, cute animals and homemade baking and crafts then we're on our way.